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DECLARATION
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E-mail: info@environdec.com
CEN standard EN 15804 serves as the Core Product Category Rules (PCR)
Product category rules (PCR): PCR 2019:14. Construction Products. Version 1.1.;
C-PCR-005 Thermal Insulation products (EN 16783:2017)
PCR review was conducted by: The Technical Committee of the International EPD®
System. See www.environdec.com/TC for a list of members. Review chair: Claudia
A. Peña, University of Concepción, Chile. The review panel may be contacted via the
Secretariat info@environdec.com.
Independent third-party verification of the declaration and data, according to
ISO 14025:2006:
☐ EPD process certification ☒ EPD verification
Third party verifier: Angela Schindler
Approved by: The International EPD® System
Procedure for follow-up of data during EPD validity involves third party verifier:
☐ Yes ☒ No
The EPD owner has the sole ownership, liability, and responsibility for the EPD.
EPDs within the same product category but from different programmes may not be
comparable. EPDs of construction products may not be comparable if they do not comply
with EN 15804. For further information about comparability, see EN 15804 and ISO 14025.
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COMPANY INFORMATION
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Product name:
Double skin steel faced sandwich panels with core made of mineral wool
Product identification:
TENAX W MW S, TENAX W MW T, TENAX W MW H, TENAX W MW S Security, TENAX W MW S
Strong, TENAX W MW T Strong, TENAX W MW H Strong, TENAX W MW T Thermo Plus, TENAX
W MW H Thermo Plus, TENAX TR MW S, TENAX R MW B.
Product description:
Prefabricated double skin steel faced sandwich panels with a core made of mineral wool used
for self-supporting application in wall (facade and partition), roof and ceiling structures. The
internal and external facings of the panels are made of flat, lightly profiled or profiled steel
sheets protected against corrosion with zinc and organic (polymer) coatings. The thermal
insulating core material is made of mineral wool in accordance with European Standard EN
13162. The core is adhered on both sides with the coated steel facings to form the composite
resistant to tensile, compressive and shear forces.
The product complies with the Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 considering the harmonized
technical specification NE 14509. The product is put on the market with a Declaration of
performance and the CE-mark containing the required construction data.
The sandwich panels are manufactured and delivered as a project specific product, with
width and length specified for the particular building. This allows to minimize cut-off waste
during the installation.
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Product characteristics:
Technical specifications for sandwich panels with a core made of mineral wool are given in:
EPD
■ EN 14509:2013, Self-supporting double skin metal faced insulating panels
■ EN 13162:2012+A1:2015 – Thermal insulation products for buildings-Factory made
mineral wool (MW) products
Characteristic Value Unit
Density of the insulating layer 110 kg/m3
Thickness of panel* 50–300 mm
Modular width of panel 1000–1200 mm
Thickness of internal facing 0.5–0.8 mm
Thickness of external facing 0.5–0.8 mm
Thermal conductivity of the insulating material 0.040–0.042 W/(m∙K)
Heat transfer coefficient 0.53-0.13 W/(m2∙K)
* when the outer layers are even, this is the overall height of the panel (D);
on heavily profiled panels, this is the consistent core thickness without profile (dc)
Product processing/installation:
The sandwich panel stacks are unloaded at the job site using crane, forklift or front loader.
Panels are lifted into place using lifting equipment or manually and attached to the supporting
structure. The facing protective film should be removed before installation / finishing. Careful
planning limits cuts on the job site to a minimum.
The sandwich panels are fixed into place with fasteners in either pre-drilled holes or with self
drilling fasteners. For a weather tight building envelope, sealing foam, polyurethane insulation
materials, sealing tapes and steel details are used. Manufacturers of these auxiliary materials
and details are to produce the necessary EPDs.
Packaging:
Panels are shipped on EPS foam supports with additional EPS sheets and wrapped in stretch
wrap film to avoid handling and transportation damage and protect from the weather during
short-term storage. The packaging material is to be collected separately and recycled in
compliance with local regulations.
End of life:
The steel facing of the sandwich panels can be removed from the insulating core, collected,
and reused or recycled after dismantling. The mineral wool core can be collected and returned
to mineral wool producer for recycling in new mineral wool production or shredded for use
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LCA INFORMATION
Declared unit:
The EPD refers to a declared unit of 1 m2 double skin steel faced sandwich panel with a core
made of mineral wool. The results represent a weight of 30.86 kg/m² and a reference thickness
of 200 mm. As a result, this EPD declares a specific product with a specific thickness, which
also represents the average thickness of the entire production. This product is part of a
product family with a large variability depending on the specific panel thickness. If the product
analysed shows a high deviation of the declared thickness, please contact the manufacturer.
System boundaries:
The life cycle assessment of TENAX panels refers to a cradle-to-gate analysis of the product’s
environmental impacts with options declaring module A4 as well as the end-of-life modules
C1–C4 and D (A1–A3 + A4 + C + D).
Modules declared, geographical scope, share of specific data (in GWP-GHG indicator)
and data variation:
Product Construction Use stage End of life stage Resource
stage process stage recovery stage
Waste processing
Reuse-Recovery-
De-construction
Refurbishment
Manufacturing
Replacement
Raw material
Construction
Maintenance
Operational
Operational
installation
demolition
energy use
Recycling-
water use
Transport
Transport
Transport
potential
Disposal
supply
Repair
Use
Module A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
Modules declared X X X X ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND X X X X X
Geography EU EU LV LV- – – – – – – – – EU EU EU EU EU
SWE
Production
Production of auxiliary materials Fuel production
of raw materials
Organic coated steel
Mineral wool Electricity production Production
from Latvian electricity grid of packaging materials
Profiling
Waste
Steel coils unwinding Mineral wool Cutting Packaging
Bending and forming insertion and stacking
of steel laminates
FINISHED PRODUCT
EPD
The panels are produced using the following materials:
■ galvanized and painted steel sheet coils
■ backing film/filament tape made of HDPE attached to the steel sheet
■ mineral wool
■ polyurethane adhesive and adhesive hardener for bonding mineral wool with steel
sheets
■ EPDM joint gaskets and glue
■ standard packaging made up from EPS, stretch wrap and optional cargo straps and
spacer boards.
The production stage accounts for all upstream burdens of raw materials supply until panel
manufacturing including the transports to the production site in Dobele. The main inputs
include the organic coated steel sheets and the insulation material. Thermal energy is
provided by natural gas. Electrical energy is obtained directly from the Latvian electricity grid.
Module A4 | Transport
The transport from the plant in Dobele, Latvia to the customer is considered as a weighted
average based on a representative scenario. This includes truck transport over 360 km and
ship transport over 410 km transport distance.
Module C2 | Transport
Module C2 includes the transport to waste treatment. In this case transport by truck (Truck-
trailer, Euro 5, 27t payload) over a transport distance of 50 km is assumed.
Module C4 | Disposal
The environmental impacts declared in module C4 reflect the landfilling of the mineral wool
insulation material and the recycling losses of the steel top layer.
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Time representativeness of data collection:
Foreground data were collected for the production year 2019. All data are based on annual
volumes.
Data quality:
Data collection is based on product specific questionnaires. It follows an iterative process
clarifying questions via e-mail, telephone calls or in web meetings. Intensive discussion
between TENAX and Daxner & Merl results in an accurate mapping of product related material
and energy flows. This leads to a high quality of foreground data collected. Data collection
relies on a consistent process considering the requirements of ISO 14044. The technological,
geographical and time-related representativeness of the database was kept in mind when
selecting background data. Whenever specific data were missing, either generic datasets or
representative average data were used instead.
Cut-off criteria:
The LCA model covers all available input and output flows, which can be represented based
on robust data. Data gaps are filled with conservative assumptions from average data (when
available) or with generic data and are documented accordingly. Only data with a contribution
lower 1 % were cut off. Thus, no data were neglected, of which a substantial impact is to
be expected. All relevant data were collected comprehensively. Cut-off material and energy
flows were chosen carefully based on their expected quantitative contribution as well as
potential environmental impacts. Thus, it can be assumed that the sum of all neglected input
flows does not account for more than 5 % of the total material, water and energy flows.
Allocation:
Upstream processes in the supply chain are mainly based on GaBi background data sets.
Background data for the supply chain of the organic coated steel are published by worldsteel
(latest publication). Representing an average of the global steel industry, worldsteel background
datasets ensure a good geographical and technological representation of steel production.
All worldsteel datasets are modelled according to the worldsteel LCA methodology, applying
the system expansion approach for the allocation of co-products from steel production.
All information for the allocation of given material and energy flows is based on the ERP-
systems of the entire production site. The calculation of thickness-specific amounts is based
on suitable allocation factors.
Steel scrap as well as waste insulation material is sent to recycling. Due to its minor
contribution to the overall revenue of the company, no co-product allocation is applied.
A certain share of the mineral wool waste is deposited and considered in the modelling
accordingly.
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CONTENT INFORMATION
EPD Product components
Steel
Weight, kg
8.9
Post-consumer material,
weight-%
6%
Renewable material,
weight-%
0%
Insulation core 22.0 0% 0%
TOTAL 30.9
Packaging materials Weight, kg Weight-% (versus the product)
Wooden spacer boards 0.060 0.2%
PE-film 0.116 0.4%
EPS 0.132 0.4%
PP-film 0.036 0.1%
TOTAL 0.344 1.1%
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
EPD The following tables contain the LCA results for a declared unit of 1 m² double skin steel faced
sandwich panel with a core made of mineral wool (weight of 30.86 kg/m²; representative
thickness of 200 mm).
* Disclaimer: The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties of
these results are high or as there is limited experience with the indicator.
PM Disease ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
incidence
IRP** kBq ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
U235-equiv.
ETP-fw*** CTUe ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
HTP-c*** CTUh ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
HTP-nc*** CTUh ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
SQP*** — ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Acronyms PM = Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions;
IRP = Potential human exposure efficiency relative to U235;
ETP-fw = Potential comparative toxic unit for ecosystems;
HTP-c = Potential comparative toxic unit for humans, cancer effects;
HTP-nc = Potential comparative toxic unit for humans, non-cancer effects;
SQP = Potential soil quality index
* The indicator includes all greenhouse gases included in GWP-total. This indicator follows a comparable
rationale to the GWP indicator originally defined in EN 15804:2012+A1:2013.
** Disclaimer: This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on
human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents,
occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing
radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this
indicator.
*** Disclaimer: The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on
these results are high or as there is limited experienced with the indicator.
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Use of resources
Results for 1 m² of TENAX panel (200 mm )
EPD
Indicator Unit Tot. A1–A3 A4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
PERE MJ 6.04E+01 4.13E-01 0.00E+00 5.67E-02 0.00E+00 5.95E-01 1.07E+01
PERM MJ 1.04E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
PERT MJ 6.15E+01 4.13E-01 0.00E+00 5.67E-02 0.00E+00 5.95E-01 1.07E+01
PENRE MJ 6.58E+02 8.38E+00 0.00E+00 9.85E-01 0.00E+00 3.69E+00 -1.18E+02
PENRM MJ 1.22E+01 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1.00E+00
PENRT MJ 6.70E+02 8.38E+00 0.00E+00 9.85E-01 0.00E+00 4.69E+00 -1.17E+02
SM kg 5.37E-01 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 7.98E+00
RSF MJ 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
NRSF MJ 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
FW m³ 2.37E-01 4.84E-04 0.00E+00 6.61E-05 0.00E+00 1.11E-03 -5.91E-02
Acronyms PERE = Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials;
PERM = Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials;
PERT = Total use of renewable primary energy resources;
PENRE = Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials;
PENRM = Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials;
PENRT = Total use of non-renewable primary energy re-sources;
SM = Use of secondary material;
RSF = Use of renewable secondary fuels;
NRSF = Use of non-renewable secondary fuels;
FW = Use of net fresh water
Output flows
Results for 1 m² of TENAX panel (200 mm )
Indicator Unit Tot. A1–A3 A4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D
Components for re‑use kg 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
Material for recycling kg 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 8.50E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
Materials kg 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
for energy recovery
Exported energy, MJ 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
electricity
Exported energy, MJ 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
thermal
Interpretation:
The comparison of the panels’ life cycle phases shows a clear dominance of the production
phase (modules A1-A3). The environmental impacts in the production phase mainly result
from the supply chain of the purchased components.
As a result of material recyclability, the steel fraction removed at the end of life can substitute
primary steel. Module D shows the recycling potential of steel at the end of its product life.
Except for depletion potential of stratospheric ozone (ODP), this results in credits from the
substitution of primary steel.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EPD Optimal application of panels:
TENAX PANEL provides consultations and materials on the advantages and limitations of
panel variations for specific use cases in order to ensure the optimal performance, lifespan
and value for the specific project.
Maintenance:
TENAX sandwich panels have an estimated life of 40-45 years depending on the conditions
of use, according to BBSR. The product does not require special maintenance but lifespan
can be prolonged by carrying out maintenance as outlined in Product Use and Maintenace
Manual. The products are easily washable and their cleaning does not require chemicals
harmful to the environment. Content can be consulted and downloaded from TENAX PANEL
website: www.tenaxpanel.com
Certifications:
TENAX PANEL has an integrated management system certified acccording to ISO 9001:2015,
ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2018, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 27001:2013.
LCA practitioner:
Daxner & Merl GmbH
Lindengasse 39/8
1070 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 676 849477826
Mail: office@daxner-merl.com
Web: www.daxner-merl.com
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REFERENCES
EPD c-PCR 2019:14. Thermal Insulation products (EN 16783:2017). C-PCR-005 (to PCR 2019:14),
Version 2019-12-20.
GaBi. GaBi 10, Software-System and Database for Life Cycle Engineering. DB v8.7 2020.2.
Sphera, 1992–2020. Available at: http://www.gabi-software.com/support/gabi/.
ISO 14044. DIN EN ISO 14044:2006-10. Environmental management – Life cycle assessment –
Requirements and guidelines.
ISO 14025. DIN EN ISO 14025:2011-10. Environmental labels and declarations – Type III
environmental declarations – Principles and procedures.
ISO 45001, ISO 45001:2018, Occupational health and safety management systems –
Requirements with guidance for use.
ISO 50001, EN ISO 50001:2018, Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance
for use
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Core value for companies of TENAX GROUP from an early start –
to be reliable and stable partner to employees, customers, and suppliers
continuously ensuring compliance to highest quality standards and
regional requirements in all activity fields of the group.
Spodrības iela 1
Dobele, LV-3701
Latvia
+371 63707154
tenaxpanel@tenaxgrupa.lv
www.tenaxpanel.lv